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Mark of success for our parking teams
Our car parks at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH have once again been awarded the prestigious ‘Park Mark’...
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How the community frailty team are helping to break the cycle of hospital admissions
Treating patients so they don’t need to come into hospital is just as important as the care they receive while in hospital. The community frailty team, who cover the area from Seaford over to Rye, specialise in treating people over the age of 75 who are living with frailty. Frailty is a medical condition describing…
Meet our dementia care team
The dementia care team support people with dementia and those with cognitive impairment or delirium during their hospital stay. They offer help and advice to patients, their families and staff on their treatment and care. We spoke to Claire Shimmons, a Dementia Care Practitioner, about her role and the different ways the trust is helping…
Sheryl Baker wins Hero of the Month
Sheryl Baker, Urgent Care Navigator in the emergency and urgent care departments at Eastbourne District General Hospital, has won our Hero of the Month Award! “I am nominating Sheryl as I spent many hours in the Emergency Department at Eastbourne with my mum, while we waited to be seen. “From the minute we walked in…
Eye team from Bexhill Hospital travel to Colombia to perform sight saving surgery
A team from the ophthalmology service at Bexhill Hospital, together with colleagues from across the country, visited Colombia recently to carry out life-changing eye surgery...
Diabetes nurse wins silver in nurse of the year award
Erwin Castro, Diabetes Nurse Consultant, who has been awarded silver in the Diabetes Nurse of the Year Awards, held by the British Journal of Nursing...
Friends of Eastbourne Hospital thanked for their donations
The Friends of Eastbourne Hospital have been thanked for their recent donations towards projects at Eastbourne DGH...
NHS warns that people may be redirected from our Emergency Departments to other services this week
With hundreds of hospital doctors on strike this week, people are being asked to help the local NHS provide safe care – or risk being redirected from A&E to other services, if that is appropriate. The priority for hospital staff this week will be on caring for those in the most need. People arriving at A&E departments…
People urged to make the right choice when they need NHS help ahead of an expected challenging Easter period
The NHS in Sussex is urging people to ‘Help Us Help You’ over the next two weeks with Easter and industrial action ahead. The Easter period is traditionally pressured for health services with a four-day bank holiday, but with further junior doctor industrial action planned from 11 April 2023, it is expected to be significantly…
Dr Umesh Dashora appointed honorary clinical professor
Dr Umesh Dashora, consultant in Endocrinology and Diabetes has been awarded the title of Honorary Clinical Professor...